Being a part of the National Football League for so long, I've come across so many trainers and equipment managers who've allowed me to be who I am today.
Junior Seau
Related It just meant a lot because it's something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted ... CARLY PATTERSON I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know... BARRY LARKIN I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I'... VALERIA GOLINO Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life. RACHEL ZOE I am, first of all, a basketball player. I've done this for so very long... For me, it's bee... TONY PARKER I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just b... JOEL OSTEEN I've been heartbroken. I've broken hearts. That's part of life, and its part of figuring... HEIDI KLUM To be honest, I've never been interested in how many games I've done and seen. It doesn'... VIN SCULLY I've learned the hard way at the national level that any erroneous statement will very quickly b... MICHELE BACHMANN I'm not trying to be the highest-paid receiver in the National Football League. I've never r... DONALD DRIVER I've fully embraced who I am. I stopped fighting with people and just come to realize, 'This... ESTELLE I feel like I've lost so many amazing traits because I've listened to stupid people, ignoran... KYLIE JENNER I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had ex... ALANIS MORISSETTE I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long ove... DANIEL TAMMET You know who helped me a lot? Jane Fonda. She said, Look at how many times I've been up and I... MELANIE GRIFFITH I don't regret what I've been through. I've had ups and downs, super highs and some real... JENNIFER LOPEZ I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've se... BEA ARTHUR People can judge me for what I've done. And I think when somebody's out in the public eye, t... HILLARY CLINTON I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'He... MALIN AKERMAN I'm happy with who I am inside. I'd hate to have accolades and all that and not really be ha... KEKE PALMER I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am. BENJAMIN BOOKER I don't want to come across as a victim with a sob story. I've got a fantastic life. I'm... KIERSTON WAREING I've been a Marvel reader since I was just a kid, and I've dreamed of being a Marvel writer ... CHARLES SOULE There are many people who are behind whatever I've achieved so far. My dad, Daboo Malik, is my m... ARMAAN MALIK I am a big man, but I've allowed my condition to deteriorate by being overweight. COLIN BAKER My whole family has been such a great support, and they're the ones who have kept me grounded an... DAVID ARCHULETA I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got ream... BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY I've had so many little ideas I've written down here and there. Some ideas I've got ream... BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who... TINA YOTHERS I've worked with the great and the not-so-great. But mostly I've worked with men and women w... HARRY CAREY, JR. I like being small - I've known so many women with big boobs who feel overweight or end up with ... EVA LONGORIA I've been amazed by the numbers that have come out to see the torch relay, so being a part of it... BRYN TERFEL I don't remember ever being full of dislike and hatred for people, like some kids I've come ... JEFFREY BERNARD My mother is the bravest human being I've ever come across. POPPY DELEVINGNE I've been around a long time, so I guess I've touched a lot of people's lives - hopefull... ACE FREHLEY It's been a long struggle. But we've made huge progress. I mean, when I started at Berkeley,... ARLIE RUSSELL HOCHSCHILD I've been so blessed and so lucky to be a part of great shows like 'Chuck' and projects ... RYAN MCPARTLIN I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to l... NIKKI SIXX I want to warn potential victims. Many of them are women, and many of them are battered women. It... ANN RULE I've worked with women who I've never wanted to tell anything about myself to, and I've ... KRISTEN STEWART I've had a life that has taken many interesting paths. I've learned a lot from mentors who w... HERBIE HANCOCK Working with Disney is really and truly like working with a family. Everyone is so supportive and so... OLIVIA HOLT But most of all, I'm a part of you people out there who have listened to me, because especially ... ERNIE HARWELL I've been bisexual for as long as I can remember. I remember being made fun of in junior high fo... CRYSTAL BOWERSOX If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am toda... WAYNE NEWTON 'Blues Clues' has been incredibly good to me, and I've been working so hard on it for so... STEVE BURNS I'm utterly androgynous, and I truly love it. It's been part of my identity for so long. I... ERIN O'CONNOR I'm utterly androgynous, and I truly love it. It's been part of my identity for so long. I... ERIN O'CONNOR Also I'm a part of the people that I've worked with in baseball that have been so great to m... ERNIE HARWELL I've lived so frugally for so long. I have to have that financial security or the world feels ou... DJ QUALLS For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played ... KATE BURTON As a teenage girl myself, I've gone through times in my life where I've felt insecure about ... KELLI BERGLUND I've got a very short attention span, and this has been part of the reason I'm so kind of du... GIN WIGMORE There's so much crap attached to acting: the fame aspect, the ego aspect, the 'Am I good, am... REBECCA HALL I've made mistakes. Like, bringing people to your level who don't deserve to be there. They&... ODELL BECKHAM, JR. 'Come out' is so funny to me because I've never been in. ADAM LAMBERT I've done so many independents for so many years. Leads that nobody's seen. SAM ROCKWELL People can have so many ill-conceived ideas about me based on the parts that I play. I've had gu... JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Being homeschooled for half of my life allowed me to choose my own curriculum and find things I real... YARA SHAHIDI I've seen the growth of this game in this country, the stadiums that were built, the great Europ... DAVID BECKHAM I've always exuded some connection to my sexuality even as a kid. So to me, being sexy means sta... NADINE VELAZQUEZ In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You&... DANICA MCKELLAR I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction. I'v... BECK I have met so many people who say they've got a book in them, but they've never written a wo... KHALED HOSSEINI I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried... FANTASIA BARRINO I've told many people that I'm not looking to go out there and find the most beautiful girl ... SCOTTY MCCREERY Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivo... SAMANTHA FOX Being from Australia, I've never even touched a gun. It's so not a part of our culture. EMILY BROWNING I don't mind being a grandfather; I've been a mother for so many years. You just can't b... STEVEN TYLER I'm fascinated by people in their eighties and nineties. Especially those who are still creating... MORRISSEY I've been very lucky because Perth has been very good to me. I've enjoyed my journey and met... KERRY STOKES I have so many great memories of the wrestling business. I've worked real hard to get to the top... STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN I've been so lucky and blessed because words and stuff come so easy to me. I have a good memory. KALEY CUOCO Being married, I've got so many things to do that I am the last to do things for myself. Taking ... IAN ZIERING I've done shows that aired on American TV, but none of them proved to be successful, so yes, no ... ADAM RAYNER I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger ... W. BRUCE CAMERON A squirrel attacked me. I got attacked by a squirrel in Battersea Park. They're dangerous. It... NIALL HORAN Two things are vital for me. I've always had people who protected me, and I've always had pe... HANSJORG WYSS I've flown across America, I've scaled fences, I've stood under windows and gone out of ... JOEL MADDEN The people who ask me for my autograph are the people who've put me here today, and you can'... KATIE PRICE I've always been a geek, so I've always used the Internet, perhaps at first for autopromotio... TATIANA DE ROSNAY I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week. SAMANTHA FOX There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've ha... HALLE BERRY After 'Pitch Perfect' premiered, I've got so many sweet expressions from people who enjo... BIRGITTE HJORT SORENSEN I don't know many artists who've come out of Beverly Hills, y'know? You need that strugg... ANDERSON PAAK The majority of my family is Auburn fans, and I grew up watching Auburn football, and that's alw... KATHERINE WEBB Seriously, I don't find not being able to hear an obstacle or a boundary. For me, and for many o... NYLE DIMARCO I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been ... FOREST WHITAKER There are actresses who've had expensive work done and look great, so I'm not holier-than-th... CELIA IMRIE I've had a relatively charmed life. I loved to be out in the city. New York was my town. I'v... ALEC BALDWIN I've been a road-rat since I got my driver's licence at 16, so I've probably gone across... SEAN PENN I've met so many who have opened doors for me and remained in my life both personally and profes... NARCISO RODRIGUEZ I've played the drums for so long, I can't imagine saying goodbye to it. MIGUEL FERRER There are things that directors know about me that people shouldn't know. But everyone's rea... KRISTEN STEWART I've always had a little bit of darkness, and I've always been someone who was grieving. I h... MARY LAMBERT I'm so grateful for the marriages that I have had. I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn... CHERYL TIEGS I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about w... ELLEN DEGENERES I've not hidden and I'll never hide the fact that I want Scotland to be an independent count... NICOLA STURGEON I've scammed so many people throughout my whole life who never learned my true identity until I ... CHARLIE BEWLEY I'm Joe Canada, who never went to high school. I've never even been to a football game. CORY MONTEITH
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For dinner I want real sushi - not the Americanized kind. My parents are American Samoan so I don... JUNIOR SEAU I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll ... JUNIOR SEAU I want to be the best. That's just the human way. JUNIOR SEAU No, I want my kids to be Tiger Woods. And Serena Williams. I dig those two. JUNIOR SEAU As a sophomore, I wanted to play varsity in three sports. And I accomplished that. It was a great fe... JUNIOR SEAU Ryan Leaf is doing great now. If he progresses the way he is now, we're going to have a quarterb... JUNIOR SEAU Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move ... JUNIOR SEAU The past isn't going to get you to your goal. JUNIOR SEAU In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Satur... JUNIOR SEAU My background wasn't one blessed with all the luxuries in life. Nothing is forever and I realize... 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JUNIOR SEAU I'm living proof that you can make it out of the ghetto. JUNIOR SEAU As I was coming up, it always seemed like I was learning. If it wasn't from school, it was the &... JUNIOR SEAU No excuses and no sob stories. Life is full of excuses if you're looking. I have no time to grip... JUNIOR SEAU Leadership can't be fabricated. If it is fabricated and rehearsed, you can't fool the guys i... JUNIOR SEAU You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skate... JUNIOR SEAU Being a reporter and chasing down an assignment isn't an easy thing to do, especially when you... JUNIOR SEAU Playing football and rugby is the Samoan sport. It's part of the conversation at church. It'... JUNIOR SEAU I played on one leg for seven weeks, ... Knowing I could have two legs next year, it's definitely so... JUNIOR SEAU I'm basically a homegrown American. JUNIOR SEAU I remember when I was 6 years old and my brother used to go seek out guys that were 13 to come over ... JUNIOR SEAU If you look at the history of the game it has happened to every great player: Joe Montana, Jerry Ric... JUNIOR SEAU When you're putting your kids to bed and their prayer at night is 'God, please let Daddy win, someti... JUNIOR SEAU Whenever the defense needed to get off the field, we didn't execute. We recognize that, and hopefull... JUNIOR SEAU It just cramped up, and I didn't want to risk anything. JUNIOR SEAU It's one game. After one game, you're going to be in first place or last place. We're in first place... JUNIOR SEAU Whenever you get in that situation in the course of a game, you hope to get one tackle. To make thre... JUNIOR SEAU He's mature beyond his years. JUNIOR SEAU Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for... JUNIOR JOHNSON Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it up in one pl... JUNIOR MURCHISON That was a nice garbage goal. I like that. I credit the referee for not blowing the whistle too earl... JUNIOR LESSARD We had sacrificed so much, but we felt we had made it. JUNIOR BLANCO It is easy to give without loving yet DIFFICULT TO LOVE without GIVING. After all Love is a Ver... ROBERT JUNIOR Milwaukee is the team we would probably play in the playoffs, so we wanted to send a message that it... JUNIOR LESSARD I also did not put as much pressure on myself as I had before. I just tried to keep it simple. It de... JUNIOR LESSARD We got the effort we wanted tonight. JUNIOR LESSARD I'll do whatever they tell me. I heard everyone is in a shootout, and I'm 0-for-2 in two nights so I... JUNIOR LESSARD It's a great honor and means you are having a good season and doing something out there. It's also g... JUNIOR LESSARD I know a lot of people in Manitoba since I played there two years. It's going to be good. It's weird... JUNIOR LESSARD He has great hands. His speed opens up the ice for me and Petersen. JUNIOR LESSARD You are not really supposed to do that, but after a game like that you want to. JUNIOR LESSARD I think it's the craziest thing I've seen in driving. JUNIOR JOHNSON She's about 22 or 23 years old. She knows where it's warm. JUNIOR JOHNSON It's a nice stadium and it has that new turf everybody seems to be going to. The kids are really goi... JUNIOR GRAHAM I have a tremendous staff. Any of them could have been the head coach, if not for the rule about hav... JUNIOR GRAHAM We'll practice that day. We may get together (again) in the summer before the game and try to accomp... JUNIOR GRAHAM Players have to be nominated. We've done a ton of film-watching and studying. We were looking not on... JUNIOR GRAHAM We wanted to have him on there as a friend. JUNIOR COMBS Pinetop only wanted what he always called a little bit of 'bean money,' a little money to go buy som... JUNIOR COMBS You're at the mercy of the hourly rate in studios, and you hope to be inspired at 40 bucks an hour, ... JUNIOR COMBS I thought once that I had made it. Let's see what happens. JUNIOR BLANCO If you decide to add football it is important to hire good coaches. It is important to have all coac... JUNIOR WISE They also started girls' volley ball and had 44 girls sign up to play the sport with all finishing t... JUNIOR WISE The surveys showed an interest in volley ball, football and a marching band. We didn't have dance te... JUNIOR WISE When the season gets here, you start at zero. I know what I'm capable of; it just hasn't happened so... JUNIOR SPIVEY I'm doing everything I can. I care. I'm working at it. Not a day has gone by that I haven't thought ... JUNIOR SPIVEY We're just trying to get to know one another, trying to get to know one another's tendencies. The mo... JUNIOR SPIVEY I was always told to take care of your shortstop. Communicate and take care of him. JUNIOR SPIVEY This is the first place I wanted to go. I was originally drafted by the Cardinals out of high school... JUNIOR SPIVEY They were talking to me on the court, saying they were going to stop me. I took it real personal, th... JUNIOR SALTERS It hurts real bad, because we've been together three or four years now. It hurts to end with a loss ... JUNIOR SALTERS The overall energy they brought with the post players is what really hurt us. We didn't come out wit... JUNIOR SALTERS Were having trouble with some FEMA issues. I think we should hear from him on why and how he could b... JUNIOR RODRIGUEZ The best part of being an R-journalist is hands down we get a digital camera that we get to keep at ... JUNIOR MARIA PETRAKOS With it being a school thing, I don't mind too much. Part of it is supposed to be more personal but ... JUNIOR MARIA PETRAKOS Conspiracy theories are ways for someone to understand what is going on in the world and try to rest... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE JUNIOR Believing in a conspiracy theory is one strategy people use to regain a sense of control, even if th... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE JUNIOR Conspiracy theories tend to depend on conspirators who are unduly evil with genocide or world domina... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE JUNIOR Defining what constitutes a conspiracy theory is difficult. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE JUNIOR Slavery never ended it just evolved. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE JUNIOR You have to work everyday at being the best you can be. It's a project that is never-ending. J. JUNIOR REYNOLDS II Sometimes people really don’t have our best interests in mind. OSCAR AULIQ-ICE JUNIOR